Events Calendar

	January 2025
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		1	2 Civil Rights Commission Community Office Hours Civil Rights Commission Community Office Hours January 2, 2025 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Cedar Rapids Public Library, 450 5th Ave SE, Cedar Rapids, IA 52401, USA Chat with staff of the Civil Rights Commission about your concerns and questions. Each Thursday from 2-4 pm, staff from the Cedar Rapids Civil Rights Commission will be in the Commons (first floor) at the Downtown Library. Feel free to stop by and chat with them about your questions and concerns. See more details •	3	4 Coffee Conversations with The AAMI Coffee Conversations with The AAMI January 4, 2025 8:30 am - 9:30 am African American Museum Of Iowa 55 12th Ave SE Cedar Rapids IA 52401 “The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character – that is the goal of true education.” –Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. We invite you to join us for our new monthly series, Coffee Conversations. The AAMI will host informal conversations on our newest exhibit Racist Things: Hateful Imagery in the American Home. Join us on the first Saturday each month, for coffee and conversations at the AAMI! See more details #Not Just February $1 Days #Not Just February $1 Days January 4, 2025 10:00 am - 4:00 pm African American Museum Of Iowa 55 12th Ave SE Cedar Rapids IA 52401 Enjoy $1 admission to the AAMI on the first Saturday of each month as part of our "First Saturdays at the AAMI" series! Enjoy admission to our exhibits, Endless Possibilities and Racist Things: Hateful Imagery in the American Home. See more details The Life of an American Girl The Life of an American Girl January 4, 2025 10:30 am - 11:30 am African American Museum Of Iowa 55 12th Ave SE Cedar Rapids IA 52401 We are excited to invite you to our monthly American Girl Day events. Each event will be a morning of fun inspired by the stories of Addy, Claudie, and Melody, young girls growing up during different times in American history. Join us for crafts, reading, and creative writing. We encourage you to bring your American Girl Doll or any doll but having a doll is not necessary to attend. While this program is designed primarily for late elementary school students, all are welcome, young and old. Registration is required for this FREE program. Space is limited. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-life-of-an-american-girl-tickets-1023836290907 See more details • • •	5 Bridge Crossing Jubilee 'Bloody Sunday' Bridge Crossing Jubilee 'Bloody Sunday' January 5, 2025 Bridge Crossing Jubilee. Date Observed: Four days including the first weekend in March. Location: Selma, Alabama. The Bridge Crossing Jubilee commemorates "Bloody Sunday" - the brutal halt of the Selma to Montgomery voting rights march on March 7, 1965 - and the successful march two weeks later. See more details George Washington Carver's Day George Washington Carver's Day January 5, 2025 http://www.nea.org/tools/lessons/44688.htm In commemoration of George Washington Carver’s life and work, Congress declared January 5 as George Washington Carver Recognition Day. See more details • •
6	7 Civil Rights Commission Community Office Hours Civil Rights Commission Community Office Hours January 7, 2025 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Cedar Rapids Public Library - Ladd Library, 3750 Williams Blvd SW, Cedar Rapids, IA 52404, USA Stop by and chat with them about your questions and concerns Each Tuesday from 2-4 pm, staff from the Cedar Rapids Civil Rights Commission will be at the Ladd Library. Feel free to stop by and chat with them about your questions and concerns. See more details •	8	9 Civil Rights Commission Community Office Hours Civil Rights Commission Community Office Hours January 9, 2025 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Cedar Rapids Public Library, 450 5th Ave SE, Cedar Rapids, IA 52401, USA Chat with staff of the Civil Rights Commission about your concerns and questions. Each Thursday from 2-4 pm, staff from the Cedar Rapids Civil Rights Commission will be in the Commons (first floor) at the Downtown Library. Feel free to stop by and chat with them about your questions and concerns. See more details •	10	11	12
13	14 Civil Rights Commission Community Office Hours Civil Rights Commission Community Office Hours January 14, 2025 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Cedar Rapids Public Library - Ladd Library, 3750 Williams Blvd SW, Cedar Rapids, IA 52404, USA Stop by and chat with them about your questions and concerns Each Tuesday from 2-4 pm, staff from the Cedar Rapids Civil Rights Commission will be at the Ladd Library. Feel free to stop by and chat with them about your questions and concerns. See more details •	15	16 Civil Rights Commission Community Office Hours Civil Rights Commission Community Office Hours January 16, 2025 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Cedar Rapids Public Library, 450 5th Ave SE, Cedar Rapids, IA 52401, USA Chat with staff of the Civil Rights Commission about your concerns and questions. Each Thursday from 2-4 pm, staff from the Cedar Rapids Civil Rights Commission will be in the Commons (first floor) at the Downtown Library. Feel free to stop by and chat with them about your questions and concerns. See more details •	17	18	19
20	21 Civil Rights Commission Community Office Hours Civil Rights Commission Community Office Hours January 21, 2025 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Cedar Rapids Public Library - Ladd Library, 3750 Williams Blvd SW, Cedar Rapids, IA 52404, USA Stop by and chat with them about your questions and concerns Each Tuesday from 2-4 pm, staff from the Cedar Rapids Civil Rights Commission will be at the Ladd Library. Feel free to stop by and chat with them about your questions and concerns. See more details Spoken Word Night Spoken Word Night January 21, 2025 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm THE HYPE BAR AND GIRLL, 1810 6th St SW, Cedar Rapids, IA 52404, USA A spoken word night with a live band providing music for the Cedar Rapids, IA area community. Spoken Word Night At The Hype is here to stay as a community event featuring some of the best performance artists in the Cedar Rapids, IA and Iowa City area. With a live band to back the poets and provide their own flavor in between, it is an event with energy and great vibes. Food is available at The Hype Bar & Grill as well. As Iowa experiences a night life again, make plans to experience Spoke Word Night At The Hype hosted by nationally known talent Christopher D. Sims. Tickets $7 Click here to purchase See more details • •	22	23 Civil Rights Commission Community Office Hours Civil Rights Commission Community Office Hours January 23, 2025 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Cedar Rapids Public Library, 450 5th Ave SE, Cedar Rapids, IA 52401, USA Chat with staff of the Civil Rights Commission about your concerns and questions. Each Thursday from 2-4 pm, staff from the Cedar Rapids Civil Rights Commission will be in the Commons (first floor) at the Downtown Library. Feel free to stop by and chat with them about your questions and concerns. See more details •	24	25	26
27	28 Civil Rights Commission Community Office Hours Civil Rights Commission Community Office Hours January 28, 2025 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Cedar Rapids Public Library - Ladd Library, 3750 Williams Blvd SW, Cedar Rapids, IA 52404, USA Stop by and chat with them about your questions and concerns Each Tuesday from 2-4 pm, staff from the Cedar Rapids Civil Rights Commission will be at the Ladd Library. Feel free to stop by and chat with them about your questions and concerns. See more details •	29	30 Civil Rights Commission Community Office Hours Civil Rights Commission Community Office Hours January 30, 2025 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Cedar Rapids Public Library, 450 5th Ave SE, Cedar Rapids, IA 52401, USA Chat with staff of the Civil Rights Commission about your concerns and questions. Each Thursday from 2-4 pm, staff from the Cedar Rapids Civil Rights Commission will be in the Commons (first floor) at the Downtown Library. Feel free to stop by and chat with them about your questions and concerns. See more details •	31 Leyla McCalla Leyla McCalla January 31, 2025 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Hancher Auditorium, 141 Park Rd, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA Part of Hancher's 52nd Season Part of Club Hancher Steeped in history, a first-rate storyteller offers music that is sometimes urgent and sometimes playful. Leyla McCalla’s music—including her latest record, Sun Without the Heat—is a potent amalgam of history and mastery. That history includes three centuries of influences from all around the world, while the mastery is found in her skill as a cellist, a tenor banjo player, a guitarist, a multilingual singer, and a songwriter. Her music balances the heavy and the light and draws from sources across the African diaspora—including Afrobeat, Ethiopian modalities, Brazilian Tropicalismo, American blues, and Haitian folk music. “Leyla McCalla has long been one of the most thoughtful figures working to trace American folk music’s lineage to other countries and continents.” — Bandcamp https://hancher.uiowa.edu/2024-25/leyla-mccalla See more details Leyla McCalla Leyla McCalla January 31, 2025 9:00 pm - 10:00 pm Hancher Auditorium, 141 Park Rd, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA Part of Hancher's 52nd Season Part of Club Hancher Steeped in history, a first-rate storyteller offers music that is sometimes urgent and sometimes playful. Leyla McCalla’s music—including her latest record, Sun Without the Heat—is a potent amalgam of history and mastery. That history includes three centuries of influences from all around the world, while the mastery is found in her skill as a cellist, a tenor banjo player, a guitarist, a multilingual singer, and a songwriter. Her music balances the heavy and the light and draws from sources across the African diaspora—including Afrobeat, Ethiopian modalities, Brazilian Tropicalismo, American blues, and Haitian folk music. “Leyla McCalla has long been one of the most thoughtful figures working to trace American folk music’s lineage to other countries and continents.” — Bandcamp https://hancher.uiowa.edu/2024-25/leyla-mccalla See more details • •

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